Take Action: Stop Pharmacies Sharing Your Data
The Executives, Major Pharmacies in the US
Pharmacies are sharing prescription records with law enforcement agencies without a warrant and often without the patient’s knowledge or consent.
Medical records contain very personal, revealing information about our lives—everything from allergies and medical procedures to family history, chronic health issues, and advance directives. This information should be confidential and protected.
Instead, pharmacies are disclosing medical records without the patient’s consent or even knowledge. This is a violation of medical privacy. It poses a risk to everyone whose records are being held by these pharmacies and an even higher risk to medically vulnerable communities such as trans youth in need of gender affirming care and abortion seekers in states that restrict or ban abortions.
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The Executives, Major Pharmacies in the US
From:
[Your Name]
I am writing to you because I am concerned about recent reports that pharmacies may be sharing my medical records with law enforcement without a warrant and without notifying me.
People entrust pharmacies with highly personal and intimate information about their health. It is a complete violation of privacy and trust to share medical data in this way.
My medical information is personal and should be kept confidential. Your practices of sharing health data without a warrant could also be endangering millions of people seeking reproductive health care and gender affirming care in states trying to criminalize people’s bodily autonomy.
Protect my privacy by refusing to share information without a warrant, seeking legal advice when needed and committing to notify customers about any medical record requests from law enforcement.